SAFE for America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2278.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  119 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  69616c23b694ea33b09c9eab2a0eaced431b0e4b2bf9cbdbab7bfc7bf181a84c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2278, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.